Marin Family History

Spanish (Marín), French, Italian (Veneto), English, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian: from the Latin personal name Marinus, borne by several minor early Christian saints. Originally this was a Roman surname derived from Marius (see Mario), but was often taken to mean ‘of the sea’.

Galician and Spanish (Marín): habitational name from a place called Marín, in particular the one in Pontevedra, Galicia. Asturian-Leonese (Marín): occupational name for a sailor.

Serbian and Croatian: metronymic from the female personal name Mara, a short form of Marija (see Maria).

In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of metronymics and patronymics like Marinčić (see Marincic) and Marinković (see Marinkovic). Slovenian: metronymic from the female personal name Marija (see Maria).

In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of metronymics and patronymics like Marinčič (see Marincic). English (Northumberland and Durham): variant of Marrin.